Arizona State adds Super Bowl-winning head coach to staff
Arizona State is making a big time addition to their coaching staff. On Monday, the Sun Devils revealed they were adding Super Bowl-winning head coach Brian Billick to their staff.
“Excited to announce the addition of Super Bowl-winning head coach Brian Billick as a new Offensive Analyst and Advisor to the Head Coach,” tweeted the program. “Welcome to Tempe, Coach Billick!”
As the head coach of the Baltimore Ravens, Billick led the franchise to a victory in Super Bowl XXXV in 2001. Since the team fired him in 2007, Billick has taken up broadcasting — but has not returned to the sidelines.
However, Arizona State head coach Herm Edwards was able to bring Billick back to the sidelines.
“I am pleased to announce to Sun Devil fans that Brian Billick has accepted the position as Offensive Analyst, Advisor To The Head Coach, on my staff at Arizona State University,” said Edwards, via the team’s website. “I have known Brian since the 1980s and he is a person whom I completely trust. He has built one of the finest reputations the NFL has ever known, serving as a head coach, an assistant coach and as a respected television analyst.
“Brian has one of the brightest offensive minds in football today and that is especially why I hired him. He will serve as a valuable resource to our entire coaching staff, but specifically to our offensive staff.”
Arizona State already featured immense NFL talent throughout their coaching staff. In addition to Edwards leading the charge, former Cincinnati Bengals coach Marvin Lewis has been with the program since 2019. Now, Brian Billick comes as another coach who’s had immense success to the Sun Devils staff.
Billick: ‘I thought it was the right time for me to make this move.’
Furthermore, Brian Billick revealed what drew him back to the sidelines, and to the Arizona State football program.
“I have known Coach Edwards for over 40 years and both Ray Anderson and Marvin Lewis for almost that long,” said Billick, via the team’s website. “(Billick) was working the Hula Bowl two weeks ago with Mike Smith and ASU reached out to me at that time.
“I really enjoyed tapping into the players there and helping them to highlight their abilities. They proposed this opportunity to me, to have another set of eyes looking at and evaluating Sun Devil football and I thought it was the right time for me to make this move.”
Continuing, Billick explained why he believes he has what it takes to help bring success to the Sun Devils.
“I love what they are doing at ASU,” stated Billick. “It’s all about structure in the NFL and hopefully that’s what I can bring to the table at ASU.
“My work for the last 12 years in television at Fox and the NFL Network has allowed me to take a step back and see the game from a different angle. It broadened my perspective and that is what I will bring to this position.”